Welsh legend Ian Rush has returned to football as a non-executive director of League of Wales side Total Network Solutions.

Welsh legend Ian Rush has returned to football as a non-executive director of League of Wales side Total Network Solutions.

Rush, who was capped 73 times by Wales, has been appointed in an attempt to raise the profile and standard in the League of Wales and will work alongside former international team-mate Mark Aizlewood.

The former Liverpool striker has been coaching the strikers at Barnsley one day a week since leaving Wrexham's coaching staff at the end of last season and will now spend his time searching for new stars of the future.

Rush said: "The aim is to improve the League of Wales and eventually help the national team compete at an international level.

"I realise that the players who make up the Wales team will come from the English leagues but my interest is to ensure that we get the grass roots correct in the League of Wales.

"It might take five or ten years but if we can improve the standard of Welsh league football then hopefully it will help to raise the standard of top international players."